libapache2-mod-auth-openidc — security advisory
mod_auth_openidc is an authentication/authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that functions as an OpenID Connect Relying Party, authenticating users against an OpenID Connect Provider. In mod_auth_openidc before version 2.4.9, the AES GCM encryption in mod_auth_openidc uses a static IV and AAD. It is important to fix because this creates a static nonce and since aes-gcm is a stream cipher, this can lead to known cryptographic issues, since the same key is being reused. From 2.4.9 onwards this has been patched to use dynamic values through usage of cjose AES encryption routines.
- Products
- libapache2-mod-auth-openidc
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.4.9-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-32791
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:22 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
mod_auth_openidc is an authentication/authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that functions as an OpenID Connect Relying Party, authenticating users against an OpenID Connect Provider. In mod_auth_openidc before version 2.4.9, the AES GCM encryption in mod_auth_openidc uses a static IV and AAD. It is important to fix because this creates a static nonce and since aes-gcm is a stream cipher, this can lead to known cryptographic issues, since the same key is being reused. From 2.4.9 onwards this has been patched to use dynamic values through usage of cjose AES encryption routines.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-32791
libapache2-mod-auth-openidc
Fixed versions: 2.4.9-1
libapache2-mod-auth-openidc
Fixed versions: 2.4.9-1
libapache2-mod-auth-openidc
Fixed versions: 2.4.9-1
Complete source record
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